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Feb. 3, 1931. H. P. CHANDLER CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Filed June 26, 1930 Patented Feb. 3, 1931 UNiTED A's-'rn'res PATENroFFIcE f' HOMER P. CHANDLER, or MANSFIELD, onro, Assrcrnort To rien oHro BRASS COMPANY;

or MANSFLELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION-'0F NEW JERSEY' *colvnnctr'onl SUPPORT, A*

Application filed June 26,

My invention relates to supporting devices for conductors and has particular reference to trolley and feeder conductors in mines.

One object of my invention'is to providea device which will support not only the trolley conductor but the feeder conductor therefor and in which the device will act as an equalizer between the two conductors. Another object is to provide a device with clamping arrangement ,which will accommodate a wide range of feeder conductors aswell as a considerable range of trolley conductors thus economizingin the number of devices a mine would be obliged to Lcarry to meet its requirements. Another object Visto providea device with clamping mechanism for the conductors which will open by gravity and therefore does not requireholding the clamping mechanisms open while installing the conductors. A still further object is to remove the feeder conductor away from the trolley conductores far as possible withinreason, thereby lessening the chances'of the flying.` trolley pole becoming entangled with the conductors.

My invention resides in the new and novel construction, combination and relation of the various parts hereinafter described and shown in the drawing.

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Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation and partial section of my invention. v

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of' my invention shown in Fig; 1; y A

In the preferred embodiment ofmy invention I employ a socket 1 internally'threaded as indicated at 2rto receive a hanger or other supporting device. Projecting laterally and at right angles to the axis of the socket 1 is a straight arm 3 havingr at the free end a tubular portion 4 which has a passage therethrough comprising a part 5 of less diameter than the part 6; Projecting inwardly at the lower end of the member' 4 is an annular flange 7.v j L Mounted within the tubular member 5 and projecting from both ends thereof isc lamping mechanism comprising a pair of jawsS having co-operating li'ps 9 to receive and grip a trolley vwire 10. The jaws are hinged together by means of a pintle 11 and secured to 1930. ySerial No. 463,915.

the pintleH1-1 is a threaded stud '1Q-having i mountedgthereon the threaded nut 13 engaging the upper endLofthe member 4.V It .will

be noted that-the mechanism comprising the parts 8, 11 Yand 12 arel quite freetomove axially or up and-down within thetubular member 4 and that the downward movement of the Vsaid parts are limited bythe nut The downward movement of the parts is due togravity. j mf The upper end ofthe jaws Sat thirouter edges are Yeach providedl with anfarcuate groove 14which receives the annular flange 7. Thejaws and stud 1 2 are `free to Yrotate about their vertical axiswithinjthe member 4, but the interlock betweenthe jaws and theflange 7 will cause the jaws to fulcrum with respect to the'ange 7 such that as the nut 13 is moved upwardly on the stud 12 and -withone hand to place the trolleywire 10 in position betweenrthe awsA andwith the other V hand to rotate the nut 13 to cause: it tomove downwardly relative to the stud 12 thus drawing thefstu'd 12 upwardy and with it the hlngeipoint of the jaws thus causing the jaws to fulcrum about the flange 7 andffor'cing'the ylower end. of the jaws together and with gripping engagement with the'iconductor 10.

A wrench may then beV applied to the nut' V'13l which will make the grippositive. Also projecting'from the socket 1 there is a l downwardly and outwardly formedy arm 15a'nd`having an integrally formed :jaw 16Y having agroove 171to receive the conductor 18; y `Pivotally securedfto the'free endof the arm 15 by Vmeans of the pin'19 isa movable jaw 2O so constructed that if unrestrained its free end will move awayrfrom'A lthe`jaw'16 by gravity. Thejaw 20 isprovided witha groovef21preferably V shaped.. The 'movement of the jaw 2O relativeto the jaw 16 is controlledby means of the bolt and nut 22 esY disposed in transverse openings 23 and 24: of the awsV 16 andQO respectively.

The free end of the arm l5 is in a horizontal plane below, but parallel to a horizontal plane of the arm 3 and the conductor l8`is positioned in a horizontal plane parallel to that of the plane ofthe arm 3, but above the same and also above a horizontal plane of the conductor 10. .Y

VThere will be modificationsPwhch will suggestthemselves to those skilled in the art after reading my disclosure and therefore l wish to be limited. only by my claims.

rIvclaim:--- .Y y, y Y j 1. Asupport for conductors comprising a body member having means intermediate its ends to secure it' to a hanger and means at each end to receive conductors, the means at one end comprising a tubular shaped p0rtiorn with inwardly projecting flange at one end, la pair of hinged `jaws-interloclred with the llange, co-operating means on each jaw to receive and grip a conductor and means pivotally secured to the jaws and projecting through the said tubular portion and means threadably mounted on the projecting means andengaging thev tubular portion to force the' clamping. end of the jaws into engage-V ment with the conductor, when rotated and the means at the other end of the body comprising a fixed and a movable aw, each having co-operating means to 'grip a concluetor and transversely disposed means to engage the last said clamping means to draw the said means into Contact with the conductor. f

2. A support for conductors comprising a.

'body' memberhaving a threaded jaw to receive a hanger, a tubular portion at one end of the bodymember toy receive Van externally threaded stud of a conductor clamp, a pair of co-operating jaws pivotally-secured to one end' of the stud and interlocked with a flange on the tubular portion to hold `a part of the jaws substantially stationary, lips on the jaws to receive and grip a conductor and rotatablemeans on the threaded stud to move the stud to open or closeL the jaws relative "to the conductor, anvupstandingV portion on the oppositev end of the body and integrally formed thereon, a pivotally mounted member at the base of the upstandv ing portion and co-operating grooves on the upstanding portionvand the A pivotal member to receive a conductor and means to vmove the pivotal member to grip the conductor.

,8. A support for vconductors comprising a tubular member having a passage enlarged at one fend and reduced at lthe other end, an 'inwardly projecting annular flange at the enlarged end, a'pair Aof jaws-'mounted Yn the tubiilarmemb'er and projecting therefrom and'havinof means to receive the said flange, l'a threaded stud mounted in the `tubular member and projecting therefrom, a pintle to the `feeder pivotally secure the jaws and stud together, means on the jaws to co-operate to receive and clamp a conductor and means on the stud to engage the tubular member to operate Vthe jaws into gripping engagement with 'the conductor, an .arm projectingrlaterally from the tubular member and means on the arm rto secure it to a hanger.

4. A support for conductors comprising a tubular member having ay passage enlarged at one end and reduced at the other end, an inwardly projecting annular flange at the enlarged end, a pair of jaws mounted in the tubular member and projecting therefrom and having means to receive the said flange, a threaded stud mounted in the tubular member and projecting therefrom, a1 pintleto pivotally secure the jaws'and stud together,

means on the jaws to co-opcrate to receive' and clamp alconductor and meanson the stud to engage the tubular member'to operate the jaws into. grippingy engagement with the conductor, anarm projecting laterally vfrom the tubular member and means :on the arm to secureit toa hanger,"the arm extending beyond the securing means and `having' at its end clamping means to receive a feeder.

, 5. A' support for conductors icomprising a tubular member, a pair of jaws and aV threaded stud-hinged together and mounted within the tubular member, -anut on the stud todraw the stud Aand hinged portion of the jaws vinto the tubular member to close the jaws, fulcrum means on eachjaw spaced from the hinged portion to engage with the tubular 'member, co-operating. means on the-jaws to grip a conductor, a lateraly arm' projecting from .the tubular member, a supporting'member on the end ofthe arm to receive a hanger, a drop-armA projecting from the the supporting member, an upstanding member at the free end. of the vdrop-arm and integrally formed thereon, a second upstanding member pivotally secured to the drop-arm at :the base of the fixed member, thepiv'otal point being vin a plane belowthat of thelateral arm, cooperating means on the upstanding members ing jaws, one fixed to the drop-arm and the other pivotal-ly secured thereto and the jaws having co-operating means to grip the feeder and vmeans disposed in alinement with the straight'arm to move the pivotal jaw togrip Y rre 7. A supporting device comprising a sup-v port member, a horizontally disposed arm v projecting from the support member, a second arm projecting from the support member and having its free end in a plane below the horizontal plane of the irst arm, a clamp positioned at the free end of the irst arm and having a longitudinal axis at right angles to the said horizontal plane and having means to grip and hold a trolley wire in a plane below and spaced from the said horizontal plane and a clamp positioned at the free end of the second arm and having its longitudinal axis at right angles to the said horizontal plane and having means to grip and hold a conductor in a plane above and spacedlfrom the horizontal plane.

8. A supporting device comprising a tubular member having a two part continuous passage therethrough in which one part is of larger diameter than the other part and an inwardly projecting flange at the larger part, clamping mechanism slidably mounted within the tubular member and free'to move downwardly by gravity and to open to receive a trolley wire as 1t moves downwardly by gravity, the said mechanism comprising a pair ofv clamping jaws having co-operating clamping means at one end, a threaded stud extending through and beyondv the smaller passage in theV tubular member, the jaws and stud hinged together at a common point and means on each jaw to engagethe flange and form a fulcrum point therewith about which the jaws pivot when they move downwardly or upwardly to open or close the jaws respectively and a threaded member mounted on the stud and engaging the tubular member to support the clamping mechanism and limit its downward movement and to move it upwardly andvinto clamping relation with the trolley wire when the threaded member is l rotated and means secured to the tubular member to receive a hanger to support they supporting device. Y

9. A supporting device comprising a threaded socket to receive a hanger, an arm projecting laterally therefrom, an arm pro` jecting downwardly and away from the socket, a clamping mechanism secured to the irst arm to open by gravity and receive and grip a conductor below the said arm, a clamping mechanism secured to the second arm to open by gravity and receive and grip a` conductor above the said arm.

In testimony whereot` I aix my signature.

HOMER P. CHANDLER. 

